Frosted Pumpkin Cookies
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The combination of pumpkin and caramel is wonderful!
Ingredients:
- 1 cup shortening
- 1 cup sugar
- 1 cup solid pack canned pumpkin
- 1 egg
- 2 cups flour
- 1 tsp baking soda
- 1 tsp cinnamon
- 1/2 Tbsp salt
- 1 cup raisins (optional)
Directions:
Preheat oven to 375 degrees F. Cream shortening, sugar and pumpkin together
thoroughly. Beat in egg. Stir dry ingredients together and stir into pumpkin
mixture. Add raisins. Drop by spoonfuls onto ungreased cookie sheets and bake
8 minutes or until lightly browned. Do not overbake -- cookies should be soft.
Remove to a rack to cool while you make the frosting.
Frosting:
- 3 Tbsp butter
- 4 tsp milk
- 1/2 cup brown sugar
- 1 cup powdered sugar
- 1 tsp vanilla
Heat butter, milk and brown sugar to boiling; remove and cool. Stir in powdered
sugar and vanilla. Cookies may be frosted while still warm or after they cool.
Store tightly covered or freeze.
Makes approximately 5 dozen
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